There’s something about books. Turning pages, the feel of the paper, the print, the smell, the weight of each page. It’s a totally different experience to on-screen communication. There’s no email or facebook in the background, no options to click through to the next section, there’s just you and the book.
One of the tricky things about creating photographs that you’re happy with, is what on earth to do with them! As an amateur, I’m not creating photos that get used for specific tasks often, so at this stage in my photographic journey, self-publishing is a great option to share some of my work.
I designed an 80pp book of my time in Bangladesh, and sent it up for the opening of Symbosis’ training facility in Mymensingh (Jan this year). Last week I delivered a short-run publication of the book that was purchased by the organisation. I must say, when they arrived I was almost (to use the words of Mr. duChemin) ‘giggling like a schoolgirl’! – and yes, I may have been caught sneaking a quick flick through the pages at different times of the day…
Completing the creative process into a hold-in-your-hand expression has been greatly satisfying. As I wizz through life digitally connected, old-school technologies and values seem to become more precious than ever.
Projects such as this come at a cost though, on top of life, work and family, they take an effort. When the year-end comes around however, I take a look back at the things that mattered, the things that I’m proud of, and more often that not it’s the creative projects that cost the most that end up on the top of the list…
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It looks like a gorgeous book, Peter!